The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Album Chart
for the Year of 2018

1
Belle of the West
by: Samantha Fish

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Revolution in Your Heart
by: Eric Lindell

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Label: Alligator
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My New Moon
by: Amos Lee

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Label: Dualtone
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To Rise You Gotta Fall
by: Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers

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Label: Compass
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Long Hot Summer Days
by: Jim Byrnes

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Label: Black Hen Music
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Carolina Confessions
by: The Marcus King Band

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Label: Concord
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Ladies Auxiliary
by: Scott Miller

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Label: F.A.Y.
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Sleeping Dogs
by: Jeff Plankenhorn

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Label: Spike Steel
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Dancing with the Beast
by: Gretchen Peters

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Label: Scarlet Letter
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Duende
by: The Band of Heathens

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Label: BOH
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Out Past the Wires
by: Rod Picott

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Label: Welding Rod
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Roll with It
by: The Coffis Brothers

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Label: Self-Release
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13
What if
by: Jerry Douglas

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Label: Rounder
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Versatile
by: Van Morrison

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Label: Sony
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Some People I Know
by: The Brother Brothers

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Label: Compass
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Shades
by: Doyle Bramhall II

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Label: Provogue
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Remember What You Knew Before
by: Katy Guillen & the Girls

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Label: VizzTone
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Rabbit in the Moon
by: Sparrow Blue

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Label: Self-Release
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A Message from the People Revisited
by: The Band of Heathens

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Label: BOH
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Red Arrow
by: Christian Lopez Band

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Label: Blaster
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Soul Searching
by: Mountain Heart

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Label: Compass Group
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22
Work
by: Ron Pope

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Label: Brooklyn Basement
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We
by: Parsonsfield

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Label: Signature Sounds
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The Promise of Strangers
by: The Fugitives

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Label: Borealis
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Starseeds
by: Kerri Powers

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Label: Self-Release
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26
Can't Wake Up
by: Shakey Graves

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Label: Dualtone
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Whistle Down the Wind
by: Joan Baez

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Label: Concord
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Years
by: Sarah Shook & the Disarmers

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Label: Bloodshot
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Old Freight
by: Alan Barnosky

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Label: Self-Release
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30
Are We in Love?
by: Emily Burgess

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31
Happy Songs for the Apocalypse
by: Eric Corne

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Label: Forty Below
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Mountain Sun
by: Cabin Dogs

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Label: Kwait Brothers
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33
Blue Mesa
by: Luke Winslow-King

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Label: Bloodshot
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34
Songs of the Plains
by: Colter Wall

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Label: Young Mary's
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The Visitor
by: Neil Young

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Label: Reprise
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36
Widdershins
by: Grant Lee Phillips

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Label: Yep Roc
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Children of Paradise
by: Willie Nile

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Label: River House
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We See Through It
by: Jim Donovan

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Label: Jim Donovan
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39
Little Folks Like You and Me
by: Mike Younger

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Label: Self-Release
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40
Scarlett Roses
by: Grayson Capps

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Label: Royal Potato Family
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Top of the World
by: 6 String Drag

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Label: Schoolkids
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42
Boy Crazy and Single(s)
by: Lydia Loveless

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Label: Bloodshot
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Let the Good Times Roll
by: JD McPherson

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Label: Rounder Records
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44
Postcard Town
by: The Two Tracks

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45
The Messenger
by: Rhett Miller

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Label: ATO
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Savage on the Downhill
by: Amber Cross

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47
The Warm Covers
by: JD McPherson

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Label: Concord
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48
Crooked Love
by: Ike Reilly

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Label: Rock Ridge
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49
Motel
by: Julia Kasdorf

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Label: Self-Release
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50
Choke Cherry Tree
by: Ben Miller Band

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Label: New West
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51
Transient Lullaby
by: The Mastersons

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Label: Red House
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52
Tilt and Shine
by: Kevin Gordon

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Label: Crowville Media
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Glorietta
by: Glorietta

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Label: Nine Mile
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Moving East
by: Jimmy Rankin

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Label: True North
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Run Skeleton Run
by: David Childers

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Label: Ramseur
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Give'em What They Want
by: Patterson Barrett

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Label: So' Fish
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Little Rooms and Broken Doors
by: The B. Christopher Band

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Label: Self-Release
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58
Lost Angelino
by: Mario Rojas

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59
Putting on Airs
by: Erin Rae

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Label: Single Lock
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The Well Worn Path
by: Seth Lakeman

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Label: Cooking Vinyl
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The Weight of Mortal Skin
by: Elizabeth Erin Kemler

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Label: Self-Release
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The Long Road Home
by: Cory M. Coons

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Label: MTS
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63
Just Like Medicine
by: A.J. Croce

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Label: Compass
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A Kind Revolution
by: Paul Weller

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Label: Warner Bros
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This Tall to Ride
by: Robyn Ludwick

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Label: Self-Release
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The Very Last Day
by: Parker Millsap

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Label: Okrahoma
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Wildflower Blues
by: Jolie Holland & Samantha Parton

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Label: Cinquefoil
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Men Amongst Mountains
by: The Revivalists

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Label: Wind Up
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Good Luck and Good Night
by: JD & The Straight Shot

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Label: New West
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70
Tumbleweed
by: Big Something

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Label: Middle of Nowhere
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Clovis Man
by: Cej

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Label: Carl Johnson
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Wild and Reckless
by: Blitzen Trapper

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Label: LKC Recordings
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Prophets on the Boulevard
by: Rob McHale

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Label: Wooden Door
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Soul Insight
by: The Marcus King Band

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75
Don't Talk About It
by: Ruby Boots

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Label: Bloodshot
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76
High-Dollar Gospel
by: Eli Cook

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Label: C.R. 8
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Delilah
by: Anderson East

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Label: Elektra Records
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78
Blood from a Stone
by: Eric Krasno

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Label: Feel Music
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79
Pretty Little Troubles
by: Malcolm Holcombe

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Label: Gypsy Eyes
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80
The Sanco Loop
by: The Sanco Loop

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Label: Victim
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81
Hush or Howl
by: Black Pistol Fire

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Label: Modern Outsider
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82
Wax
by: Kt Tunstall

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Label: Rostrum
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83
Peaceful Easy Feeling: the Songs of Jack Tempchin
by: Jack Tempchin

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Label: Blue Elan
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Psychotic Melancholia
by: Hayley Thompson-King

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Label: Hard To Kill
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85
I Hold Gravity
by: Gerry Spehar & Friends

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Moonless Night
by: Freddy & Francine

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Still Got Soul
by: Michael Tracy

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Label: TW Music Group
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Forever and then Some
by: Lillie Mae

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Label: Third Man
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Boy in a Well
by: The Yawpers

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Label: Bloodshot
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90
Last Man Standing
by: Brother Roy

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91
The Big Black and the Blue
by: First Aid Kit

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Label: Wichita
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92
Wrong Side of the Road
by: The Coffis Brothers

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93
Boys & Girls
by: Alabama Shakes

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Label: ATO
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What I Deserve
by: Kelly Willis

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Label: Rykodisc
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Crazy Love
by: Will Courtney

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Label: Super Secret
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In Times Like These
by: Rev. Sekou

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Label: Zent
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Road Less Traveled
by: Sara Petite

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Label: Self-Release
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Smooth Hound Smith
by: Smooth Hound Smith

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Label: Self Released
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Natural
by: Jesse Terry

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Gin and Rosewater
by: Chuck McDermott

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101
Fairground Saints
by: Fairground Saints

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Label: Verve
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102
The Marcus King Band
by: The Marcus King Band

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Label: Concord
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103
Stay Gold
by: First Aid Kit

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Label: Columbia
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104
Fathers and Sons
by: John Lester

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Label: Ambit Acoustic
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105
World's Gone Wrong
by: Lucinda Williams

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Label: Highway 20
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106
Barefoot in the Head
by: Chris Robinson Brotherhood

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Label: Silver Arrow
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107
Honest Man
by: Matt Andersen

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Label: True North Records
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108
Didn't It Rain
by: Amy Helm

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Label: eOne
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109
Love and Hate
by: Michael Kiwanuka

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Label: Self-Release
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110
Sound and Color
by: Alabama Shakes

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Label: ATO
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111
Accumulator
by: The Greyhounds

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Label: Ardent Music
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112
Southbound
by: Bob Rea

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Label: Shiny Dime
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Atomic Wilderness
by: Eric Westbury

Label: Barreltown
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114
Jive
by: Swamp Cabbage

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Black Pistol Fire
by: Black Pistol Fire

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Label: mudhutdigital.com
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Balinese Dancer
by: Chuck Prophet

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Label: China
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117
What's His Name?
by: Frank Viele

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Label: Self-Release
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118
Gasoline
by: Dale Boyle

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119
Most Messed Up
by: Old 97's

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Label: ATO Records
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120
The Bad Testament
by: Scott H. Biram

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Label: Bloodshot
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Dust to Gold
by: Cris Jacobs

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Label: American Showplase
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